Also i wonder why has he become suddenly so philosophical. Praising Murray,Nadal and Federer at each interview. Wonder what is going on there.

Nothing new there I guess, he was usually praising them win or lose

__________________“There’s so many athletes, tennis players around the world,” he continued, trying to put his life into some kind of perspective, “they want to be the best in what they do. They want to succeed. Many of them, they don’t succeed in the end. I’m fortunate to have this opportunity and succeed.”

Very very good season. Incredible fight to win AO, then pretty much always giving himself chances to win everything but falling short quite often. 50/50 #1 at the end of the year so can't complain.

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Favourite tennis matches: 2011 US Open Final & 2012 Australian Open Final, starring Novak Djokovic & Rafael Nadal, showing us just how far science can take humanity.

The US Open Final was especially enjoyable, with 'Why are there white spots all over my body?' Djokovic and 'Why am I sweating boils?' Nadal embarked on a titanic battle, concluding with the inferior player, Nadal, entering a sort of delirious state of psychosis. This allowed him to, while showing very little fatigue, consume inhuman amounts of energy, before he literally ran his legs from underneath him. This is truly the stuff dreams are made of.

I'm very happy with his results, slightly disappointed in his level of play (more passive this year in a lot of important matches IMO). He's been very consistent at the biggest tournaments with 3 GS finals and 1 SF and in the Masters Series. Semi streak is also pretty good, active since RG 2010. So 10 consecutive.

__________________After Nadal beat Monfils at Doha, before AO 2014

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Originally Posted by GSMnadal

lol, who will beat him? Wawrinka? Berdych? Gulbis? Rosol? Federer?

Only Del Potro can take him out before the semis, and he won't. Nadal is winning the AO, bet your house on it.

Somewhere out there, there is a homeless person who once took betting advice from GSMnadal

It remains to be seen whether he'll learn from his mistakes this season and step it up next year.

I had high expectations (too high, to be honest) for this year and I'm willing to understand that the presuure got the better of him, together with some external factors that perhaps didn't go his way.

But I hope to see him next year a more mature and centered player.

Today he squandered a 5-0 lead against Charly Berlocq in the second set. He lost focus and got broken twice...That's the kind of thing I hope we won't be seeing next season.

Most disappointing year of his career. All those missed opportunities aside, not only was he struggling in tight situations against the best guys throughout the year, he is now shaken by just about anybody who stands up to him. Completely lost his guts.
I have no doubt it all goes back to that insane decision to finish Monte Carlo tournament. He was never the same after that.
This does not bode well for the rest of his career...

Most disappointing year of his career. All those missed opportunities aside, not only was he struggling in tight situations against the best guys throughout the year, he is now shaken by just about anybody who stands up to him. Completely lost his guts.
I have no doubt it all goes back to that insane decision to finish Monte Carlo tournament. He was never the same after that.
This does not bode well for the rest of his career...

Really? How is this year more disappointing than, say, 2009 where he got kicked out of RG by Kohli and was outclassed on grass by Haasi? Didn't come close to a slam, and never made a slam final.